Breaking news reporter covering the Netherlands for Bloomberg News.
Amsterdam Says Party-Seeking British Men Are No Longer Welcome
Amsterdam is targeting young British men in a “Stay Away” campaign aimed at keeping rowdy visitors from descending upon the city...
Bill Gates Buys Stake in Heineken for $902 Million
Bill Gates has acquired a minority stake in Heineken Holding NV, the controlling shareholder of the world’s second-largest brewer, for about $902 million...
Philips to Cut 6,000 More Jobs as Product Recall Costs Mount
Royal Philips NV is cutting another 6,000 positions, or around 8% of the total, as the maker of medical equipment is reducing expenses while wrestling with costly recalls of some of its consumer products...
Rebel Farmers Are Pushing Back on Climate Action. This is Why
Curbing the environmental impact of agriculture will put farmers from the Netherlands to New Zealand out of business. They’re resisting.
First Dutch Transgender MP Quits Twitter After Hate Speech
The Netherlands’s first transgender member of parliament said that she is quitting Twitter after a barrage of hateful comments that she says undermine healthy debate...
A European Tech Giant’s Growth Plan Hits a Wall in Its Hometown
Veldhoven, a tidy small town in the Netherlands’s industrial heartland, has a zoo, a climbing park and, more recently, a brewing controversy over plans by ASML Holding NV to expand its headquarters...
ASML Sales Forecast Beat Estimates Amid Strong Chip Demand
ASML Holding NV, Europe’s largest semiconductor equipment producer, said its fourth-quarter sales would likely be higher than analyst estimates as demand remains strong for its advanced chip-making machines. Shares surged...
Dutch to Raise Wages, Corporate Tax to Ease Energy Crisis
The Netherlands plans to hike its minimum wage and raise taxes on corporate profits as part of a 17.2 billion-euro ($17.2 billion) package of support for households aimed at easing the pain of surging inflation...
Dutch Government Sued Over ‘Inhumane’ Fate of Asylum Seekers
The Dutch government is being sued by a campaign group over the “inhumane” conditions at its asylum centers as space constraints force hundreds of refugees to sleep outside...
Adyen Shares Slump as Travel Costs Hits First-Half Results
Adyen NV’s shares fell the most in almost four years after reporting first-half results, as higher costs saw profit margins miss analyst estimates...
Philips Names New CEO Who Has Led Respiratory Device Recall
Royal Philips NV said Roy Jakobs, who has been leading the company’s response to a recall of medical gear, will take over as new chief executive officer...
Ahold Delhaize Postpones IPO for Dutch Online Unit Bol.com
Royal Ahold Delhaize NV pulled plans to publicly list its Dutch e-commerce unit Bol.com due to volatile market conditions...
Philips Cuts Forecast After China, Inflation Hit Earnings
Royal Philips NV lowered its sales guidance for 2022 as inflationary pressures, supply-chain troubles and Covid lockdowns in China cut earnings by more than half in the second quarter...
Cruise Ships at Sea to House Asylum Seekers in Dutch Plan
The Netherlands will consider housing asylum seekers on cruise ships anchored at sea if a large enough harbor cannot be found to dock the massive boats...
Dutch Government Considers Taking Stake in Local Grid Operators
The Dutch state is considering becoming a shareholder of three struggling network operators, in a bid to prevent further bottlenecks in the country’s clogged grid...